Southern style Cornbread Dressing has always been the go to side dish to add on the menu for almost every holiday in my household – especially Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.. My grandmother’s dressing has always been my favorite. Although I can never get it as perfect as she would, I wanted to share with you all how I always fix mine. It’s tasty, easy to make and packed with flavor!

It all starts with making dry cornbread. I usually follow the instructions on the side of a container for yellow cornmeal, but you can find it with an easy web search online as well. Once you’ve got that made, check back here for the rest of the recipe. Avoid the sweet cornbread like a box of Jiffy mix, it just won’t work.

Check out the details on how to make this delicious side dish for holiday dinners, below. View Post

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While grabbing a few things from the grocery store earlier today, I ran across some fingerling potatoes on clearance for just 99 cents at a local Kroger. Now, these potatoes I have never tried before, but when I see a deal – especially on food – I usually go for it. When I got home I immediately went online for a way to prepare them.

After searching through Google, Foodnetwork and Pinterest, nothing caught my eye other than a unique way that you can slice them. Many recipes called for just cutting them in half length wise, but there was also another way to slice them so that they would look something similar to corkscrew fries. It just looked pretty to me, so I made note of it. View Post

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Sweet potato pie is my all time favorite dessert, right before tiramisu. But, I’ve gained some weight thanks to my sweet tooth and now I’m trying to watch how much that I eat. Smaller portions is what I’m working on. So I said to myself, hey, I wonder has anyone ever tried to make sweet potato pie cupcakes?

I went online and found tons of recipes for cupcakes with sweet potato in them… and pumpkin pie cupcakes…. but not actual sweet potato PIE cupcakes with an actual crust! So this here is my own personal rendition… If you’ve seen something similar to this around elsewhere, let me know, and keep reading for the details 🙂

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One of my favorite dishes in the whole wide world are GREENS. Yasssssss hunny, believe me when I tell you all that I just love them! This is honestly something that I have grown up eating since a little baby. Greens are expected on the menu in my house every single time Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter roll around. I have fond memories of my grandmother and grandfather cleaning greens together, cutting them apart, and simmering a huge stock pot full of them.. enough for all the family to eat their full. I could never get enough of it as a child although my daughter isn’t quite yet that fond of vegetables. I’m still hoping that she grows out of this stage.

The issue I’ve always had with fixing greens though, is who has time to prepare them? I mean, You’ve got to wash them throughly, and take out the stems, cut em all in small pieces and then keep an eye on the pot once it’s cooking… Ugh! That said, I sometimes can be a lazy cook, and so here’s where the pre-cut bags and slow cooker comes in! View Post